Cleaning and polishing composition.



UNrrn ARTHUR M. WAITT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLEANING AND POLISHING COMPOSITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,479, dated December 11,1900.

Application filed March 23, 1899- b'erial No. 710,268. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LARTHUR M. WAITT,a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Compounds for Cleaning and Polishing Varnished Surfaces; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an emulsion-forming compound more especially adapted for cleaning and polishing varnished surfaces.

The object of this invention is to provide a compound of the character indicated that is a powerful dirt-remover, that is not liable to injure the varnish nor harmful in any other manner, and that does not require care and skill in its application.

The compound consists, essentially, of refined petroleum Whose specific gravity is 32 Baum or about 32 Baum and diluted muriatic or hydrochloric acid mixed in the proportions of about one part of the petroleum to two parts of the diluted acid. The diluted acid consists, preferably, of about one part of acid whose specific gravity is about 20 Baum and two parts of water and is conse quently not injurious to varnish.

The compound having the aforesaid ingredients in the aforesaid proportion is capable of cleaning and polishing any varnished surface, and a varnished surface having the most obstinate coat of dirt is readily cleaned upon the application of the compound thereto.

The compound when the same is designed for use in cleaning and polishing the varnished surfaces of furniture may contain less acid or more water than indicated by the proportion herei'nbefore specified.

The two ingredients, the petroleum and the diluted acid, are mixed by suitable agitation, and the agitation that is preferably employed is effected by the introduction of compressed air in the manufacture of a large quantity of the compound, because the use of compressed air facilitates the mixture of the ingredients and renders the mixture of the acid with the petroleum gradual. The petroleum is very effective in preventing the corrosive action of the acid, and refined petroleum of 32 Baum mixed with the diluted acid forms a permanent emulsionthat is, the emulsive character of the compound does not disappear by allowing the compound to stand an indefinite time.

The distinctive and essential characteristic of the compound that constitutes the subject-matter of this application is the formation of a permanent emulsion composed of refined petroleum and the diluted acid, and this characteristic can only be attained by using refined petroleum of 32, or approximately 32, Baum and by mixing the petroleum and the diluted acid in about one part of the petroleum to two parts of the diluted acid. In fact, the use of refined petroleum of 32 Baum gives the best results.

What I claim is l. A permanent emulsion consisting of refined petroleum having a specific gravity of 32 or about 32 Baum, and diluted acid that is not injurious to varnish, and having the said ingredients mixed in the proportions of about one part of the petroleum to two parts of the diluted acid.

2. A permanent emulsion containing refined petroleum having a specific gravity of 32 or about 32 Baurn, and diluted hydrochloric acid, in the proportion of about one part of the petroleum to two parts of the acid.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 15th day of March, 1899.

' ARTHUR M. WAITT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DORER,

A. H. PARRATT. 

